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Caltech's Stan Whitcomb, who has been involved with nearly every aspect of the development and ultimate success of the Laser ...

Katharine Mach, who served as co-director of science on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), will present her most ...

BOSTON - Incentive-based solutions offer significant hope for addressing the myriad environmental challenges facing the world's oceans - that's the ...

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Physicians and patients like to believe that early detection of cancer extends life, and quality of life. If a cancer ...

Credit: PNAS The first-ever study to map U.S. wild bees suggests they are disappearing in the country's most important farmlands ...

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New research from scientists and economists at the University of California Santa Barbara, Oregon State University and Environmental Defense Fund ...

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Over many thousands of years, farmers have bred maize varieties so the crops are optimally adapted to local environments. A ...